Sen Buhari Defeats NNPP in Court • Petition Rendered Incompetent, Invalid
Sen Buhari Defeats NNPP In Court • Petition Rendered Incompetent, Invalid.
Judgments of EPT sitting at Court 3, High Court of Justice, Iyanganku Ibadan as being read by Justice N.J Dadi dismissed the petition of NNPP Senatorial Candidate, Mr Shuaib Adeniyi against APC, Senator Buhari AbdulFatai on the following grounds.
- Petition is rendered incompetent, invalid, null and void as petitioner failed to prove his case.
- Petition is a pre-election matter and that it lacks merit. EPT lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the petition.
- Petition is Statute Barred
- Exclusion is not one of such grounds to declare an election invalid.
- Petiition is not in line with electoral offences as stipulated in 2022 electoral act as amended.
- Pleadings of the petitioners are not supported by evidences and proved.
- Petitioner’s petition is contradictory.
- No registered original logo of the petitioner(NNPP) that was submitted to the 1st Respondent(INEC) was presented to the EPT in this matter.
- There Is nothing before this Court to show or prove that the 1st respondent(INEC) didn’t comply with the 2022 electoral act in respect to Oyo North Senatorial election held on Feb 25th, 2023.
- Petition is not justiceable, invalidated and hereby dismissed.
NOTE: The Chairman and the other panel member also both declared the petition incompetent and lack merit.
